About the Company
About the Owners
Pacific Aerostar is owned and operated by two experienced aviation professionals , with over 75 years & 50,000 hrs. combined experience in General & Airline Operations
DEAN C. THOMAS
A graduate of San Jose State University, with a B.S. in Aeronautics. He holds all Flight & Ground instructor ratings , ATP, A&P mechanic certificate with Inspection Authorization. Dean has over 44 yrs. experience in the aviation industry beginning as an Aerodynamic Flight Test Engineer with the Boeing Aircraft Company, Bush Pilot - Aircraft mechanic in Alaska, Flight Instructor & Charter pilot, Regional Airline Captain, & currently a Major Airline Captain & Check Airman ( Retired ) . With over 29,500 flight hrs. He holds Type Ratings on DeHavilland Dash-7, Boeing 737 , 727 , 757 , 767 , 777 & 747 aircraft.
LESLE THOMAS
A graduate of Cal Poly State University with a B.S. degree. She holds an Aircraft Dispatchers License & ATP certificate. Lesle has over 35 yrs. experience in the aviation industry. She has worked in General aviation with FBO’s, as an F.A.R 121 air carrier Dispatcher, Regional airline pilot, and currently United Airlines Captain .With over 20,00 flight hrs. she holds Type Ratings on Boeing 737,757,767 & 747 aircraft.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Pacific Aerostar was established in 2000 to specialize in providing leading edge Flight and Ground Training for the Aerostar Owner or Operator. We also provide Aerostar acquisition and refurbishment management consulting services to new and existing Aerostar owners.
In the last 15 years the Air Traffic Control system and the Federal
Airspace has become much more complicated and congested. This,
along with the advanced technology in aircraft avionics , requires
a change in the way we train pilots. Our flight and ground training
techniques are modeled after the major airlines training programs,
which are the most advanced in the world.
State of the art avionics such as GPS and Multi-function Displays
( MFD ) will be used when available to help increase pilots situational
awareness, and improve flight safety. The use of Standard Operating
Procedures ( SOP ) , Single-Pilot Resource Management ( SRM ) and
Scenario based flight techniques will be used in the ground and flight training syllabus.
Pacific Aerostar’s goal is to become the flight training company of
choice , for all Aerostar operators and owner/pilots. Our objective is to increase the proficiency , knowledge, and confidence of each pilot
that trains with us, so that overall safety may be improved in the operation of the aircraft.
